Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament Victoria Index


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	Sister Mary Doloretta Leopold, RIP Sister Doloretta has accomplished her mission on earth and has gone to join the Incarnate Word in heaven.Her body will arrive at Incarnate Word Convent on Thursday, January 7, at 3:30 p.m. followed by a Scriptural rosary. The wake service (Evening Praise) will be at 6:30, followed by Sharing of Memories. The Mass of the Resurrection will be on Friday, January 8, at 11:00 a.m., followed by burial and a meal. Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace. Amen.

May the Peace of the Incarnate Word be with you as we celebrate this special season which commemorates the Second Person of the Holy Trinity entering into the temporal and physical realm and becoming one of us. This awesome event in which the Son took on the frailties of our fallen human nature was a special gift to all humankind. This gift is being celebrated in Churches, and hopefully in homes, throughout the Christian world.

Every time we see the manger, the lights, and the decorations and hear the music and carols we are reminded of God’s immense love. In turn we are called to make that love known to others about us. This is especially important for all of us who are called to be adorers of the Incarnate Word and to bring others to adore Him. Let us together pray, “O, come, let us adore Him” as we celebrate His birthday!

You and your loved ones will be remembered in a Novena of Masses offered at Incarnate Word Convent in Victoria, Texas, during this special time.

IWBS Sisters Welcome New Associates of the Incarnate Word

The Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament Sisters are happy to welcome newly consecrated Associates. Their foundress, Jeanne de Matel received a special call to institute an Order that would be a new introduction of the Incarnate Word in the world. She saw, in the Associate program, a way to share this gift with many more persons in their own particular way of life. In an effort to be faithful to our own call "to draw others to share in the graces of the Incarnate Word", we have been sharing our spirit with Associates for some twenty years. We have 140 Associates from more than 20 parishes.
Click on "Our Associates" for more on "Associates' Consecration".

Victoria IWBS Sisters Have a Meeting with "Partners in Mission"
		The Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament Sisters have invited "Partners in Mission," some of the lay men and women among whom they minister, to reflect upon needs of the Church and how we can address some of them together. Click here for more on "Partners in Mission". Go to Top

Our retreat provides time for spiritual renewal, prayer, and reflection!

Competent directors, attentive listening, and quiet reflection spaces contribute to a God-filled experience!

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Texas Execution Vigils

On evenings of executions in Texas, you are invited to join us in a Prayer Vigil at 5:45 PM in our Incarnate Word Convent Chapel, 1101 NE Water Street in Victoria, Texas. We pray for the murder victim, for family and friends of the murder victim, for the prison guards and correctional officers, for the family of the condemned man/woman, for the man/woman to be executed, and for an end to the death penalty.

2010 Scheduled Executions in Texas:

Jan. 7 Kenneth Mosley
Jan. 12 Gary Johnson

Feb. 24 Hank Skinner

Mar. 2 Michael Sigala
Mar. 11 Joshua Maxwell
Mar. 30 Franklin Alix

Our
Continuing Call
in Today's World

As we reflect on the season and its call for us to rejoice, let us be mindful that we are celebrating the major event of the awesome incarnation, life, death, and resurrection of the Second Person of God, in which He became one of us so that He could redeem us and lead us to the Father. Now, let us seek Him and let us look afresh at this awesome mystery through the eyes of mystics since we are all called, through our Baptism, to be mystics, that is, persons of prayer, persons whose experience of the presence of God is intense and leads

to continuing conversion.
Let us respond to this call to deep communion of love and of knowledge with God and then share it with all humankind as prophets- persons who communicate the message of God to the whole world. Therefore, let us receive God’s love and, in turn, extend it to others -as mystics and prophets in today's Church.
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Sisters, Charism, and Mission

We, the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament of Victoria, Texas, are women of the Church, who, in our communal living, seek to focus on the Person of the Incarnate Word through adoration, witness, and the Extension of the Eucharist by service to others in a spirit of charity and simplicity.
Our mission is to extend the Incarnation in today's world by living the Gospel of Love, proclaiming the Good News and building the Kingdom of God. Impelled by love to share the Incarnate Word's mission of bringing God's kingdom to be, we joyfully seek to serve those in need, through an apostolate of Christian education and care of the sick as determined by the current needs of the church.
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For more information about us, please contact:
	Incarnate Word Convent 1101 NE Water Street Victoria, Texas 77901	Phone: (361) 575-7111 FAX: (361) 575-2165 E-mail us!

Praised be the Incarnate Word!

We hope you enjoy your visit to our site-

Sister Mary Doloretta Leopold, RIP

IWBS Sisters Welcome New Associates of the Incarnate Word

Victoria IWBS Sisters Have a Meeting with "Partners in Mission"

Our retreat provides time for spiritual renewal, prayer, and reflection!

Texas Execution Vigils

OurContinuing Call in Today's World

Sisters, Charism, and Mission

Our
Continuing Call
in Today's World